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Understanding Feeding Milestones for Infants and Toddlers

Understanding Feeding Milestones for Infants and Toddlers

There are so many milestones in children’s lives, especially in the infant and toddler years. Among these are the feeding milestones. Proper nutrition is crucial for a child’s growth and development. While every child develops at a different pace, these milestones provide a guideline for parents to monitor their child’s progress and allow them to […]

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Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders - Speech Therapy Can Help

Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders – Speech Therapy Can Help

Orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMD) are abnormal movement patterns of the face and mouth which affect an individual’s ability to properly use the muscles of the face, mouth, and throat. OMD can cause difficulties with speech, eating, and breathing. Let’s explore the symptoms, causes, and impact of OMD, and how speech therapy can help. Symptoms of

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Recovering From a Stroke

Recovering From a Stroke – Regaining Communication Skills

A stroke is a life-altering and traumatic event that can leave an individual with lasting physical and mental impairments. Individuals recovering from a stroke often have difficulty communicating, swallowing, and speaking clearly. Speech therapy can help those who have had a stroke regain their ability to communicate effectively by providing them with techniques and strategies

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LSVT for Parkinson's Disease

LSVT for Parkinson’s Disease – What It Is and How It Works

Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder that impacts an individual’s motor functions, such as walking, talking, and other movements. It can also result in stiffness, shaking, and impaired balance and coordination. However, the symptom many people with Parkinson’s find most disarming is the inability to communicate clearly. This in conjunction with the disease itself can

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Pediatric Feeding Disorders

Pediatric Feeding Disorders – How A Speech Therapist Can Help

While feeding comes naturally to most infants and toddlers, some need a little help to get the hang of it. All children have some difficulty at first with suckling, bottle feeding, transitioning to solid foods, or drinking from a cup but most of them adapt quickly. Those children that continue to struggle may have a

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preschooler speech therapy

Ten signs your preschooler may need Speech Therapy

Ten Signs your Preschooler will Benefit from Speech Therapy As Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) we often receive many questions concerning preschool language and speech development. It tends to be a hard age for parents to determine if errors are developmentally appropriate or if their child may need extra help.  Here are top ten  points to

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speech therapy for autism

Speech Language Pathology for Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder

April is National Autism Awareness Month which was designated by the Autism Society of America to not only promote awareness, but to help insure that everyone with autism has a fair shot at the highest possible quality of life. Speech Language Pathology (SLP) is used to help patients with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) develop both

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Cognitive Rehabilitation

Memory Enhancement Through Cognitive Rehabilitation

Memory Enhancement through Cognitive Rehabilitation By now, we have all heard of dementia.  Dementia is the comprehensive term used to describe many different types of disorders that affect memory.  Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, and Pick’s Disease are a few of the more common types of dementia. A very common question in regards to dementia asks,

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